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August 1, 1998: Liza Frulla (LIB), MNA for Marguerite-Bourgeoys, resigns as Member of the National Assembly.
August 1, 1831: The Government of Lower Canada acquires the Palais Épiscopal, building in which were held the meetings of the House of Assembly and of the Legislative Council since 1792.
August 2, 1972: Roy Fournier (LIB), MNA for Gatineau and Sollicitor General, resigns as Member of the National Assembly and Minister following his appointment as judge.
August 2, 1941: Joseph-Roméo Toupin (LIB), MLA for Montréal–Saint-Jacques, dies in office.
August 2, 1938: Rouville Beaudry (UN), MLA for Stanstead, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly.
August 4, 1976: Rodrigue Biron (UN), Leader of the Union nationale, and Jérôme Choquette (PNP), Leader of the Parti national populaire, reveal a protocol of agreement foreseeing the alliance of both parties until their merger and for a Leadership Convention at the beginning of 1977. The project of merger will be abandoned in September, 1976.
August 4, 1924: William James Hushion (LIB), MLA for Montréal–Sainte-Anne, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly following his decision to quit for federal politics.
August 4, 1891: Beginning of the "Scandale de la baie des Chaleurs" (Chaleurs Bay Scandal), in which the Prime Minister of Quebec, Honoré Mercier (LIB), and Ernest Pacaud (LIB) were accused of financing the Liberal Party with governmental funds. This scandal shall cause the resignation of Mercier as Prime Minister in December, 1891.
August 4, 1874: (August 4-5) By-election in Bonaventure; Pierre-C. Bourbeau dit Beauchesne (CON) is elected.
August 5, 2005: André Boisclair (PQ), former MNA for Gouin and former Minister, becomes officially candidate as Leader of the Parti québécois.
August 5, 1940: Camilien Houde (ind.), MLA for Montréal–Sainte-Marie and Mayor of Montreal, is arrested for his opposition to the mandatory registration. He shall be emprisonned until the end of World War II.
August 5, 1882: Louis-Onésime Loranger (CON), MLA for Laval, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly following his appointment as judge.
August 5, 1874: John Jones Ross (CON), Legislative Councillor for Shawinigan and Speaker of the Legislative Council, resigns as Speaker (and thus as Minister) following the "scandale des Tanneries" (Tanneries Scandal).
August 6, 1965: Adoption of the new electoral map on the occasion of the first major revision of ridings since 1853. The number of ridings rises from 95 to 108.
August 6, 1965: Antonio Talbot (UN), MLA for Chicoutimi, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly.
August 6, 1858: The Cartier (G.-E.)-Macdonald (J. A.) (CON) Cabinet is sworn in.
August 6, 1804: Return of the Writs of the 4^th General Election to the House of Assembly of Lower Canada. 50 MHAs are elected, among which 33 Francophones and 17 Anglophones.
August 7, 1911: Pantaléon Pelletier (LIB), MLA for Sherbrooke and Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly following his appointment as agent general of Quebec in London.
August 7, 1865: Formation of the Belleau (N.-F.)-Macdonald (J. A.) Cabinet.
August 8, 1979: Robert Burns (PQ), MNA for Maisonneuve and Minister of State for Electoral and Parliamentary Reform, resigns as Member of the National Assembly and Minister.
August 8, 1944: 22^th General Election to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec:
- Union nationale (Maurice L. Duplessis): 48 seats;
- Parti libéral (Joseph-Adélard Godbout): 37 seats;
- Bloc populaire canadien (André Laurendeau): 4 seats;
- Fédération du Commonwealth Coopératif (CCF): 1 seat;
- Independents: 1 seat.
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August 8, 1867: Issuing of the Writs of the 1^st General Election to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec. After the vote was completed by the end of September, the results were as follows:
- Parti conservateur (Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau): 51 seats;
- Parti libéral (Antoine-Aimé Dorion): 12 seats.
- Independents: 1 seat.
- 1 seat remained vacant.
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August 9, 1989: Émission des brefs pour la 34^e élection générale à l'Assemblée nationale du Québec, laquelle aura lieu le 25 septembre 1989.
August 9, 1961: Charles-Aimé Kirkland (LIB), MLA for Jacques-Cartier and Minister of State, dies in office.
August 9, 1935: Joseph-Édouard Piché (LIB), MLA for Témiscamingue, resigns as Member of the Legislative assembly. Joseph-Émery Phaneuf (LIB), MLA for Bagot, dies in office the same day.
August 9, 1917: Ferdinand-Ambroise Gendron (LIB), MLA for Ottawa, dies in office.
August 10, 1983: The Parti alternatif du Québec obtains officially the status of authorized political party.
August 10, 1982: Claude Ryan (LIB), MNA for Argenteuil, announces his dismissal as Leader of the Parti libéral du Québec and Leader of the Official Opposition. Gérard D. Lévesque is appointed as interim Leader.
August 10, 1980: The Parti communiste ouvrier obtains officially the status of authorized political party.
August 10, 1854: Return of the Writs of the 5^e General Election to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada.
August 11, 1992: Richard Holden (ind.), MNA for Westmount, joins the Parti québécois Parliamentary Group after having left the Equality Party one year earlier.
August 11, 1989: The Parti 51 obtains officially the status of authorized political party.
August 11, 1972: Camil Samson (ind.), MNA for Rouyn-Noranda, Bernard Dumont (ind.), MNA for Mégantic, and Aurèle Audet (ind.), MNA for Abitibi-Ouest, rejoin the Ralliement créditiste Parliamenrary Group.
August 11, 1926: Jules Langlais (CON), MLA for Témiscouata, dies in office.
August 12, 1991: By-election in Montmorency; Jean Filion (PQ) is elected.
August 12, 1964: George O'Reilly (LIB), MLA for Montréal-Verdun, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly following his appointment as Legislative Councillor.
August 14, 1985: The Parti indépendantiste obtains officially the status of authorized political party.
August 14, 1882: By-election in Beauce; Jean-B. Blanchet (CON), Secretary and Registrar of the Province, is elected by acclamation.
August 16, 1944: Camilien Houde (ind.), MLA for Montréal–Sainte-Marie, former Leader of the Parti conservateur and former Mayor of Montreal, is released after four years of prison for his opposition to conscription.
August 17, 2004: André Boisclair (PQ), MNA for Gouin and Opposition House Leader, resigns as Member of the National Assembly.
August 17, 1936: 20^th General Election to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec:
- Union nationale (Maurice L. Duplessis): 76 seats;
- Parti libéral (Joseph-Adélard Godbout): 14 seats.
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August 17, 1922: By-election in Labelle; Désiré Lahaie (LIB) is elected.
August 17, 1912: Amédée Geoffrion (LIB), MLA for Verchères, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly.
August 17, 1910: By-election in Sherbrooke; Calixte-Émile Therrien (LIB) is elected by acclamation.
August 17, 1829: The assent is given to the Act to make a new division of the province in counties, providing for a first redistricting the ridings of Lower Canada. The number of ridings rises from 27 to 44 and the number of MHAs from 50 to 84.
August 18, 2005: Pauline Marois (PQ), MNA for Taillon and former Minister, becomes officially candidate as Leader of the Parti québécois.
August 18, 1876: By-election in Nicolet; Charles-Édouard Hodge (CON) is elected.
August 19, 2005: Ghislain Lebel (PQ), former MP for Chambly, becomes officially candidate as Leader of the Parti québécois.
August 19, 1969: Edgar Charbonneau (UN), MNA for Sainte-Marie and Minister of State, resigns as Member of the National Assembly and Minister.
August 19, 1958: Paul Spence (UN), MLA for Roberval, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly.
August 19, 1882: By-election in Terrebonne; Guillaume-Alphonse Nantel (CON) is elected by acclamation.
August 20, 1993: (August 20-22) 12^th National Convention fo the Parti québécois.
August 20, 1958: Albiny Paquette (UN), MLA for Labelle and Minister of Health, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly and Minister.
August 21, 1987: The Action Québec party obtains officially the status of authorized political party.
August 21, 1966: At the outcome of a Leadership Convention, Gilles Grégoire (CS), MP for Lapointe, is elected as Leader of the Ralliement national (RN).
August 22, 1992: Signature of the Charlottetown Constitutional Accord by the First Ministers of Canada, including the Prime Minister of Quebec, Robert Bourassa (LIB). The accord will be rejected by the population of Quebec and Canada during a referendum held on October 26, 1992.
August 22, 1943: Having become illegal, the communist Party of Canada is transformed into a new labor party, the Parti ouvrier-progressiste (Labour-Progressive Party).
August 22, 1883: Édouard Laberge (LIB), MLA for Chateauguay, dies in office.
August 22, 1873: By-election in Montréal Ouest; John Wait McGauvran (CON) is elected.
August 24, 1931: 18^th General Election to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec:
- Parti libéral (Louis-Alexandre Taschereau) and Independent Liberals: 79 seats;
- Parti conservateur (Camilien Houde): 11 seats.
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August 25, 2005: Jean-Claude St-André (PQ), MNA for L'Assomption, becomes officially candidate as Leader of the Parti québécois.
August 25, 1997: Cabinet reshuffle in the Lucien Bouchard Cabinet (PQ).
August 25, 1976: Last day of publication of "Le Jour", an independentist daily newspaper, due to financial difficulties and ideological conflicts between the journalists and the direction.
August 25, 1919: Jérémie-Louis Décarie (LIB), MLA for Maisonneuve and secretary and Registrar of the province, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly and Minister following his appointment as judge.
August 25, 1827: Return of the Writs of the 13^th General Election to the House of Assembly of Lower Canada. The Parti canadien wins a majority of seats in the House.
August 26, 1977: The "Loi sur le financement des partis politiques" (An Act to Govern the Financing of Political Parties), which puts an end to the practice of occult electoral financing and redures the influence of interest groups on political parties, is passed by the National Assembly of Quebec on proposal of the Levesque Cabinet (PQ). The "Charte de la langue française" (Charter of the French Language or Bill 101) is passed by the Assembly the same day.
August 26, 1936: Following the victory of his party during the General Election of August 17, 1936, Maurice L. Duplessis (UN), MLA for Trois-Rivières, is sworn in as Prime Minister of Quebec.
August 26, 1882: By-election in Jacques Cartier; Joseph-Alfred Mousseau (CON), Prime Minister of Quebec, is elected.
August 26, 1870: Pierre Benoît (LIB), MLA for Napierville, dies in office.
August 27, 1994: Eight political parties lose the status of authorized political party, for lack of having presented at least ten candidates during the general election foreseen on September 12, 1994: the Parti chevreuil du Québec, the Parti Crédit social uni (Québec), the Parti des régions, the Parti des travailleurs du Québec, the Parti l'étoile d'or social démocratique, the Parti populaire du Québec, the Parti réforme Québec and the Renaissance party.
August 27, 1985: The Parti Option populaire obtains officially the status of authorized political party.
August 28, 1974: By-election in Johnson; Maurice Bellemarre, Leader of the Union nationale, is elected.
August 28, 1969: Jean Lesage (LIB), MNA for Louis-Hébert and Leader of the Parti libéral du Québec, announces his dismissal as Leader of the Opposition, Leader of the Party and Member of the National Assembly. His dismissal shall become effective after the appointment of his successor as Leader of the Parti libéral du Québec in January 1970.
August 28, 1952: André Pelletier (UN), MLA for Témiscouata, dies in office.
August 28, 1824: Return of the Writs of the 12^th General Election to the House of Assembly of Lower Canada. The Parti canadien wins a majority of seats in the House.
August 29, 1992: During a Special Convention, the Parti libéral puts aside the Rapport Allaire (Allaire Report) as its constitutional program for the benefit of the Charlottetown Constitutional Accord concluded between the First Ministers of Canada. This agreement will be thrown back by the population of Quebec during a referendum held on October 26, 1992.
August 29, 1990: In protest against the attitude of the Bourassa Government in the Aboriginal crisis (Oka Crisis), René-Serge Larouche (LIB), MNA for Anjou, quits the Parti libéral du Québec parliamentary group in order to sit as independent MNA.
August 29, 1980: Jean Alfred (PQ), MNA for Papineau, quits the Parti québécois parliamentary group in order to sit as independent MNA. He will reinstate the PQ parliamentary group in March, 1981.
August 29, 1911: Jean-Cléophas Blouin (LIB), MLA for Lévis, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly following his appointment as sheriff of the District of Québec.
August 30, 1954: Paul Provençal (UN), MLA for Montréal-Laurier, dies in office.
August 30, 1944: Following the victory of his party during the General Election of August 8, 1944, Maurice L. Duplessis (UN), MLA for Trois-Rivières, is sworn in as Prime Minister of Quebec.
August 31, 1906: John Charles James Sarsfield McCorkill (LIB), MLA for Brome and Treasurer of the province, resigns as Member of the Legislative Assembly and Minister following his appointment as judge.

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